Rhodes, silver, tetradrachms (408/7-385 BCE) Bérend

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 8134

408/7 - 385 Silver 24,737 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	POΔION (Greek).

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Rhodes

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Caria (islands)

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.

408/7

toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

385

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical ^{480-323 BC}

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	Silver	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:	tridrachm	StandardStandard.:
Mode weightMode of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams).:	15,1-9<ul><li>No units of measurement were declared for this property.</li> <!--br--><li>",1-9" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.</li></ul>

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	D. Bérend1D. Bérend, "Les tétradrachmes de Rhodes de la première période : tentative de classement à la lumière d'une trouvaille", Revue Suisse de Numismatique 51 (1972), p. 5-39, pl. 1-10.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Obverse dies distribution

FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution. ^ᵖ	Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	% (n)	Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
1	27	51.92	27	25	3, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 20, 23, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 52, 56, 58, 64, 69
2	11	21.15	22	20.37	6, 7, 9, 21, 24, 28, 30, 37, 47, 49, 50
3	7	13.46	21	19.44	19, 26, 36, 38, 41, 60, 63
4	4	7.69	16	14.81	35, 46, 61, 62
5	1	1.92	5	4.63	48
7	1	1.92	7	6.48	14
10	1	1.92	10	9.26	13
Total	52 of 52	99.98	108 of 108	99.99

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	52	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ	27
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	NC"NC" is not a number.	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	108
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	2.08	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)		Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	51.92 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	81.91	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	1,638,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011 ^ᵖ (O)	100.29	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00007
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	75%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	2,637.04
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum) ^ᵖ	0 kg <br /> 24,737 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	6,592.6

Remarks

References

^ D. Bérend